SIGNATURES

(a) Form of signature. Where a signature is required on any document filed with the Clerk of the Law Court, a person may sign the document by using one of the following methods: (1) Physically signing the document; 5 (2) Embedding in the document an image of the person’s physical signature; or (3) Typing “/s/” followed by the person’s name, all on the signature line. (b) Signature block to follow signature. Every person who signs a document must include a signature block immediately below that person’s signature. A signature block must include the following: (1) The person’s printed name; (2) The person’s mailing address; (3) The person’s email address, if any; and (4) If the person is an attorney, (A) the attorney’s Maine bar number, (B) the attorney’s law office or firm name, if any, (C) the attorney’s telephone number, and (D) the name of each party on whose behalf the document is filed. (c) Effect of signature. A person’s signature on a document constitutes a representation that the document, together with any associated exhibits or other documents, is filed in good faith and conforms to the page or word limits and the form and formatting requirements of the applicable rule or rules. (d) Authenticity of signature. The filing of a document constitutes a representation by the person actually filing the document that each signature on the document is authorized by the person whose signature it purports to be. If a party has a good-faith basis to believe that an image or typed signature was not authorized by the person whose signature appears on a document, the party challenging the signature may file a motion with the Court. If the Court determines that there is a substantial possibility that the signature was not 6 authorized by the person whose signature it purports to be, the Court may strike the challenged document, direct that the challenged document be filed and served again with an original handwritten signature, or impose any other requirement it deems necessary.